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**April 19 Update** Ship tracking data confirms no vessels transited the Strait of Hormuz on April 19. Separately, reports state at least 13 oil tankers attempted to depart the Persian Gulf on April 18 but changed course and turned back, abandoning their passage through the strait. Per monitoring from PolyBeats (via https://t.me/PolyBeats_Bot), the prediction market Polymarket has slightly raised the probability the Strait of Hormuz will remain navigable by month’s end to 30%. The uptick follows expectations of U.S.-Iran negotiations next week.

On April 19, SlowMist Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) 23pds retweeted a disclosure noting that **Vercel’s internal systems have experienced unauthorized access**, which is suspected to be linked to an internal data leak. Previously, an account claiming affiliation with the well-known hacker group ShinyHunters was selling Vercel’s internal data for $2 million. The data for sale includes Vercel’s internal database, access keys, source code, employee accounts (including internal deployment permissions), API keys, NPM tokens, GitHub tokens, and more. The seller claims the data can be used for a global supply chain attack—Vercel owns ecosystems like Next.js and Turbo.js, with Next.js recording 6 million weekly downloads. Accompanying screenshots shared by the hacker show the data includes Vercel’s internal Linear system and internal user management system. Previously, Vercel’s official team contacted ShinyHunters on Telegram, requesting they cease harassing employees—this in

On April 19, Vercel—the frontend cloud platform—disclosed a "limited" security incident involving unauthorized access to certain internal systems. The company is actively investigating the issue and has engaged incident response experts to support the probe and remediation efforts. It has notified law enforcement and will share updates on the investigation’s progress. Vercel has identified a limited number of directly affected customers. Its official services remain operational, and the company will continue updating users with the latest information.

April 19: In an interview with the New York Post today, former President Trump said he would “most likely” travel to Islamabad, Pakistan’s capital, if the U.S. and Iran reach an agreement there. When asked if he planned to go to Islamabad, Trump initially responded, “I think I’ll hold off on that for now—we need to see how things play out tomorrow.” Pressed further by the reporter, he added he wouldn’t decide until negotiations show progress, but noted he “most likely will go later on.”

April 19th — Per OnchainLens monitoring, a whale with the moniker "ThisWillMakeYouLoveAgain" sold 29,400 AAVE tokens for 1,171 ETH (roughly $2.73 million), incurring a loss of over $6 million. The whale initially invested $11.03 million to acquire AAVE; its current holdings are 14,993 AAVE tokens, valued at $1.39 million. Address: 0xbcda26b7c6fe36b4f97c21a57807817b06e15c77

On April 19, on-chain analyst Ai Auntie (@ai_9684xtpa) noted that address 0xb01…58c68 has spent $707,000 over the past 10 hours buying up 1.85 billion ASTEROID tokens, at an average price of $0.0003822 per token—now sitting on an unrealized loss of nearly $100,000. ASTEROID is now the top-held token in this address, which has only traded four meme tokens, all at a loss—including a $1.64 million loss on CULT. Per GMGN market data (link: https://gmgn.ai/eth/token/0xf280b16ef293d8e534e370794ef26bf312694126), this morning Elon Musk agreed to make Asteroid SpaceX’s mascot. Fueled by the news, the Ethereum-based meme coin ASTEROID (launched in September 2024) briefly topped a $160 million market cap, hitting a daily peak of $194 million. It’s now back to $137 million, still up 700% over the past 24 hours with a trading volume of $125 million. BlockBeats reminds users that meme coin trading is extremely volatile, primarily driven by market sentiment and hype, with little to no practi